Want to read Slashdot from your mobile device? Point it at m.slashdot.org and keep reading!

 


Forgot your password?
Close
typodupeerror
×

Submission + - Australian website waits three years to tell customers about a data breach (itnews.com.au)

Submitted by AlbanX
AlbanX writes: Australian daily deals website Catch of the Day waited three years to tell its customers their email addresses, delivery addresses, hashed passwords, and some credit card details had been stolen.

Its systems got hacked in April 2011 and the company told police, banks and credit cards issues, but didn't tell the Privacy Commissioner until later, or customers until last night.

Submission + - Australia's web censorship law to be scrutinized

Submitted by Bismillah
Bismillah writes: A government inquiry has been launched into whether or not Australian authorities are using Section 313 of the Telecommunications Act inappropriately.

Last year, the Australian securities watchdog used Section 313 powers to force ISPs to block quarter of million web sites — this in order to prevent access to just 1,200 sites the authority deemed harmful.

Submission + - Facebook rushes to encrypt data centre links (itnews.com.au)

Submitted by littlekorea
littlekorea writes: Facebook's security engineering chief has promised the social network is 'aggressively' working to encrypt links between its data centers, following moves by Google to do the same. Revelations by former US intelligence contractor turned whistleblower Edward Snowden that the NSA was able to tap data center links was incidental, he told journalists today, but "proved we were wearing our tin hats correctly."

Submission + - Researchers Experiment With Explosives To Fight Wildfires (unsw.edu.au)

Submitted by aesoteric
aesoteric writes: Australian researchers are a step closer to demonstrating whether explosives — rather than water — can be used to extinguish an out-of-control wildfire. The research uses a blast of air to knock the flame off its fuel source — a technique used in the oil & gas industry for decades. The latest tests were conducted in New Mexico. Firefighters are reported to be quietly optimistic about the research's potential.

Submission + - AWS admits it scans Android apps to find secret keys (itnews.com.au)

Submitted by AlbanX
AlbanX writes: Amazon Web Services admitted it decompiles Android apps to find out if its secret keys have been accidentally hard-coded within.

An Android app developer was contacted by AWS and told his credentials had been found within an app he developed. He was asked to remove them and use temporary creds within apps in the future.

Submission + - World's largest DDoS strikes US, Europe (itnews.com.au)

Submitted by mask.of.sanity
mask.of.sanity writes: CloudFlare has been hit by what appears to be the world's largest denial of service attack, in an assault that exploits an emerging and frightening threat vector. The Network Time Protocol Reflection attack exploits a timing mechanism that underpins a way the internet works to greatly amplify the power of what would otherwise be a small and ineffective assault. CloudFlare said the attack tipped 400Gbps, 100Gbps larger than the previous record DDoS attack which used DNS reflective amplification.

Submission + - Australian NBN to blowout by $11bn (itnews.com.au) 2

Submitted by AlbanX
AlbanX writes: The rollout of Australia's national broadband network will blow out from a promised $29 billion to $41 billion and will be delayed by three years under the new government.

Speeds will also be slower, and there may be job cuts at the organisation running the project.

Slashdot Top Deals

What is research but a blind date with knowledge? -- Will Harvey

Close